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Biffle wins pole at Las Vegas: #16-Greg Biffle won the pole for the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a lap of 172.403 mph for his first pole of 2006, 2nd of his career and first since Daytona in Feb. 2005, 73 races ago, putting Biffle in the 2007 Budweiser Shootout. #20-Tony Stewart will start on the outside pole after running 172.068, followed by #48-Jimmie Johnson, #5-Kyle Busch and #9-Kasey Kahne. The rest of the top-10: #2-Busch, #01-Nemechek, Jeff Burton in the #31 Cingular Chevy, #17-Kenseth, and #25-Vickers. #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start 42nd after having a very loose car and almost loosing it a couple times. #10-Scott Riggs made the race, qualifying 22nd, being the highest starting non top-35 driver to make the race. Riggs had a scare when his throttle stick before he left pit road, the crew was able to get it unstuck so Riggs could make his run. The non-top 35 teams that made the race were Riggs, #61-Lepage, #7-Gordon, #32-Kvapil [after missing last weeks race], #78-KWallace, #96-TLabonte, #4-Wimmer and #34-Chaffin. Missing the race were: #95-Barrett, #00-Sadler, #64-LaJoie, #89-Shepherd, #37-Skinner and #02-Ash. See the qualifying results below.(3-10-2006)

Some Qualifying Notes:
#8-Earnhardt Jr. bottomed out on his first lap, almost hit the wallm but recovered, but ran slow.
#42-Mears slid a bit off turn 2 on his 1st lap and lost a mph off his practice speed.
just before going out to qualify, #10-Riggs, stopped at the end of pit road and the crew ran down and opened the hood as the engine failed to fire. The car finally fired up, but the throttle linkage is jammed and stuck, the crew was able to get it fixed so he can go out for his lap.
On #37-Skinner's lap, he got sideways off turn 2 and couldn't get the momentum back.(3-10-2006)

DNQ = Missed the race; WD = withdrewNot in the Top 35 in 2005 Owners Pointsand not fast enoughOP = made field by being in the Top 35 in Owners points, not speedCH = used a Champions Provisional to make the field

Qualifying is OVER

QUALIFYING RESULTS by SPEED

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Qualifying after 49 of 49 drivers:

Pos

SchedQualPos

ActualQualPos

Car#

Driver

Manu

QualSpeed

QualTime(secs)

LastPracSpeed

PracSpeedRank

DiffQual vsPrac

2005OwnersPointRank

1

31

31

16

Greg Biffle

Ford

172.403

31.322

169.625

17

2.778

2

2

10

10

20

Tony Stewart

Chevy

172.068

31.383

169.587

18

2.481

1

3

33

33

48

Jimmie Johnson

Chevy

171.597

31.469

170.805

8

0.792

5

4

47

47

5

Kyle Busch

Chevy

171.423

31.501

171.265

3

0.158

20

5

8

8

9

Kasey Kahne

Dodge

171.054

31.569

171.521

1

-0.467

23

6

29

29

2

Kurt Busch

Intrepid

171.027

31.574

170.810

7

0.217

9

7

26

26

01

Joe Nemechek

Chevy

170.864

31.604

169.199

21

1.665

16

8

38

38

31

Jeff Burton

Chevy

170.816

31.613

170.902

5

-0.086

18

9

45

45

17

Matt Kenseth

Ford

170.665

31.641

168.629

28

2.036

7

10

6

6

25

Brian Vickers

Chevy

170.638

31.646

170.363

9

0.275

17

11

22

22

12

Ryan Newman

Intrepid

170.578

31.657

169.726

15

0.852

6

12

44

44

18

J.J. Yeley #

Chevy

170.546

31.663

170.266

10

0.280

24

13

46

46

24

Jeff Gordon

Chevy

170.170

31.733

169.988

12

0.182

11

14

1

1

66

Jeff Green

Chevy

170.154

31.736

171.076

4

-0.922

29

15

41

41

88

Dale Jarrett

Ford

170.127

31.741

168.052

33

2.075

15

16

27

27

43

Bobby Labonte

Dodge

170.009

31.76

169.513

19

0.496

30

17

20

20

6

Mark Martin

Ford

169.966

31.771

168.956

23

1.010

4

18

4

4

26

Jamie McMurray

Ford

169.763

31.809

168.655

27

1.108

8

19

11

11

07

Clint Bowyer #

Chevy

169.758

31.810

169.300

20

0.458

27

20

17

17

99

Carl Edwards

Ford

169.300

31.896

170.832

6

-1.532

3

21

34

34

11

Denny Hamlin #

Chevy

169.237

31.908

171.325

2

-2.088

33

22

15

18

10

Scott Riggs

Dodge

169.152

31.924

169.827

14

-0.675

46-IN

23

19

19

21

Ken Schrader

Ford

168.988

31.955

167.785

36

1.203

21

24

35

35

19

Jeremy Mayfield

Dodge

168.840

31.983

170.014

11

-1.174

10

25

39

39

55

Michael Waltrip

Dodge

168.829

31.985

166.795

40

2.034

34

26

24

24

38

Elliott Sadler

Ford

168.782

31.994

168.209

32

0.573

13

27

2

2

1

Martin Truex Jr. #

Chevy

168.782

31.994

168.703

26

0.079

25

28

5

5

22

Dave Blaney

Dodge

168.776

31.995

169.035

22

-0.259

32

29

37

37

29

Kevin Harvick

Chevy

168.497

32.048

169.988

13

-1.491

14

30

3

3

61

Kevin Lepage

Ford

168.329

32.080

167.780

37

0.549

40-IN

31

9

9

14

Sterling Marlin

Chevy

168.287

32.088

165.771

43

2.516

35

32

14

13

7

Robby Gordon

Chevy

168.167

32.111

167.916

34

0.251

38-IN

33

40

40

32

Travis Kvapil

Chevy

167.999

32.143

168.408

30

-0.409

37-IN

34

43

43

78

Kenny Wallace

Chevy

167.890

32.164

164.179

47

3.711

64-IN

35

36

36

96

Terry Labonte

Chevy

167.686

32.203

168.224

31

-0.538

n/a(CH)-IN

36

42

42

41

Reed Sorenson #

Dodge

167.624

32.215

169.689

16

-2.065

22

37

48

48

4

Scott Wimmer

Chevy

167.483

32.242

167.796

35

-0.313

36-IN

38

28

28

34

Chad Chaffin

Chevy

167.343

32.269

166.394

41

0.949

44-IN

39

18

15

42

Casey Mears

Dodge

167.260

32.285

168.481

29

-1.221

12

40

13

12

45

Kyle Petty

Dodge

167.136

32.309

167.598

38

-0.462

28

41

32

32

40

David Stremme #

Dodge

166.672

32.399

166.333

42

0.339

26

42

16

14

95

Stanton Barrett

Chevy

166.425

32.447

167.043

39

-0.618

59-DNQ

43

23

23

00

Hermie Sadler

Ford

166.052

32.520

164.901

45

1.151

57-DNQ

44

12

16

49

Brent Sherman #

Dodge

165.487

32.632

165.385

44

0.102

31

45

7

7

37

Mike Skinner

Dodge

165.421

32.644

168.750

25

-3.329

39-DNQ

46

21

21

02

Brandon Ash

Chevy

164.961

32.735

161.890

49

3.071

61-DNQ

47

30

30

8

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Chevy

163.334

33.061

168.834

24

-5.500

19

48

49

49

89

Morgan Shepherd

Dodge

162.827

33.164

164.189

46

-1.362

50-DNQ

49

25

25

64

Randy LaJoie

Dodge

161.948

33.344

163.448

48

-1.500

41-DNQ

a GREEN 'IN' means that team/driver have made the race, NOT in the top 35

a RED 'DNQ' means that team/driver will miss the race, NOT in the top 35

Last driver to make an attempt in BLUE

'x' in owners ponts pos and RED driver name means that team is NOT in the top 35 and must make the race by speed

8 teams will get in by speed, 7 will miss the race.
UNLESS #96-Labonte need to use the 43rd spot as a Champions Provisional
#44/#96-Labonte gets the spots first as he was last champ in 1996, Elliott was champ in 1988.
Then the fastest non-Top 35 teams getting in on speed would be 7

Qualifying Order:

SchedQualPos

ActualQualPos

Car#

Driver

Manu

QualSpeed

QualTime(secs)

FinalSaturdayPracticeSpeed

PracSpeedRank

DiffQual vsPrac

2005OwnersPointsRank

1

66

Jeff Green

Chevy

171.076

4

29

2

1

Martin Truex Jr. #

Chevy

168.703

26

25

3

61

Kevin Lepage

Ford

167.780

37

40-X

4

26

Jamie McMurray

Ford

168.655

27

8

5

22

Dave Blaney

Dodge

169.035

22

32

6

25

Brian Vickers

Chevy

170.363

9

17

7

37

Mike Skinner

Dodge

168.750

25

39-X

8

9

Kasey Kahne

Dodge

171.521

1

23

9

14

Sterling Marlin

Chevy

165.771

43

35

10

20

Tony Stewart

Chevy

169.587

18

1

11

07

Clint Bowyer #

Chevy

169.300

20

27

12

49

Brent Sherman #

Dodge

165.385

44

31

13

45

Kyle Petty

Dodge

167.598

38

28

14

7

Robby Gordon

Chevy

167.916

34

38-X

15

10

Scott Riggs

Dodge

169.827

14

46-X

16

95

Stanton Barrett

Chevy

167.043

39

59-X

17

99

Carl Edwards

Ford

170.832

6

3

18

42

Casey Mears

Dodge

168.481

29

12

19

21

Ken Schrader

Ford

167.785

36

21

20

6

Mark Martin

Ford

168.956

23

4

21

02

Brandon Ash

Chevy

161.890

49

61-X

22

12

Ryan Newman

Intrepid

169.726

15

6

23

00

Hermie Sadler

Ford

164.901

45

57-X

24

38

Elliott Sadler

Ford

168.209

32

13

25

64

Randy LaJoie

Dodge

163.448

48

41-X

26

01

Joe Nemechek

Chevy

169.199

21

16

27

43

Bobby Labonte

Dodge

169.513

19

30

28

34

Chad Chaffin

Chevy

166.394

41

44-X

29

2

Kurt Busch

Intrepid

170.810

7

9

30

8

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Chevy

168.834

24

19

31

16

Greg Biffle

Ford

169.625

17

2

32

40

David Stremme #

Dodge

166.333

42

26

33

48

Jimmie Johnson

Chevy

170.805

8

5

34

11

Denny Hamlin #

Chevy

171.325

2

33

35

19

Jeremy Mayfield

Dodge

170.014

11

10

36

96

Terry Labonte

Chevy

168.224

31

n/a(CH)-X

37

29

Kevin Harvick

Chevy

169.988

13

14

38

31

Jeff Burton

Chevy

170.902

5

18

39

55

Michael Waltrip

Dodge

166.795

40

34

40

32

Travis Kvapil

Chevy

168.408

30

37-X

41

88

Dale Jarrett

Ford

168.052

33

15

42

41

Reed Sorenson #

Dodge

169.689

16

22

43

78

Kenny Wallace

Chevy

164.179

47

64-X

44

18

J.J. Yeley #

Chevy

170.266

10

24

45

17

Matt Kenseth

Ford

168.629

28

7

46

24

Jeff Gordon

Chevy

169.988

12

11

47

5

Kyle Busch

Chevy

171.265

3

20

48

4

Scott Wimmer

Chevy

167.796

35

36-X

49

89

Morgan Shepherd

Dodge

164.189

46

50-X

Drivers in RED will be required to qualify on time/speed, not in top 35

Drivers in MAROON will be required to qualify on time/speed, not in top 35BUT has a past champions provisional available if needed, only one is used, so if there are two or more past champs
the driver who has won the championship most recently, gets the spot.

Weather -- IF qualifying is rained out, the field would be set as follows (per the rulebook):

#1) - First 35 by current Owner Points
#2) - Previous Years Cup Champ or the Event Champion if already NOT in the field by step 1
#3) - Car Owners whose team has won in the previous and current season not already in the field
#4) - Drivers who have won in the previous and current season not already in the field
#5) - Past Nextel Cup Champions not in by 1 thru 4
#6) - Qualifying Attempts with Owners points as the tie breaker
#7) - Qualifying Order Position
(all above apply as long as the team was entered by the entry deadline - usually 13 days before the race)